Sink the Bismarck! (1960)

Review: Sink the Bismarck! (1960)

Director: Lewis Gilbert

Cast: Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Carl Möhner, Laurence Naismith, Geoffrey Keen,

Kenneth More
Kenneth More
Dana Wynter
Dana Wynter
Carl Möhner
Carl Möhner
Laurence Naismith
Laurence Naismith
Geoffrey Keen
Geoffrey Keen

Plot: The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. The British Navy must find and destroy Bismarck before it can escape into the convoy lanes to inflict severe damage on the cargo shipping which was the lifeblood of the British Isles. With eight 15 inch guns, it was capable of destroying every ship in a convoy while remaining beyond the range of all Royal Navy warships.

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Social isolation and “working from home” mean a lot of time for movie-watching … and the volume far outstrips my ability to say anything substantive about many of the films I do watch: so here I mostly just acknowledge what […]

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